today. it is that simple. so today at mr. present were going to a for the sixth of time on a clean continuing resolution but something the democrats approved 13 times when joe biden was president. senate democrats have a choice vote yes to any suit schumer shutdown or vote no until the american people why they are paying an opinion just doesn't matter. on the end where i begin. seven in 10 americans oppose the shutdown. i met with overwhelming so that should accept the resolution reverting on here today. the american people spoke and they want the american ment open and they won open notes on the democrats listed to them. >> let me just start by giving our lawless a president and omb director little primer of the

letter of the lot this morning we learned there plotting to try to t rob furloughed federal workers of back pay at the end of the shutdown. it's flies in the face of the texas law that cannot be more clear president trump should actually know this. he is cosmo shutdowns at any other president after all he signed the law that guarantee their pay period is not new, it's not surprising opm guidance the administration issued last monthre reaffirmed furloughed employees will be paid. trumped is not good to change the rules and rob workers just because he's worried his shutdown is backfiring scaring and intimidated workers won'ts work. mr. president i know republican leaders desperately want to ignore that looming healthcare crisis that caused. they put their head in the sand

for months. they have spun a wild lies to try to bury the truth and they are hoping people stop talking about it. every day that gets harder because every day another warning light goes off showing just how devastating it will be if republicans refused to extend the tax credit let people's premiums skyrocket. a new kaiser family foundation poll found seven out of 10 valves are not built afford their coverage of premiums double four in 10 would likely go uninsured. that means people skip their basic care they will skimp on their prescriptions they will miss lifesaving treatments in the hard reality is people will die. people who otherwise would have sought the care they needed preach of it republican or thanks they can keep sitting on

their hands and waiting this outcome you need to understand this is not some distant crisis you can ignore. premiums are being locked in right now. letters are going out to families announcing shocking pricing increases this month. ins idaho open enrollment starts nextho week. how is that not urgent? to everett republican who keepss trying to say we can talk about this later, later is simply too late. by the way it went why wouldn't republican leaders talk about this earlier? we've been asking to fix this for months and months and months for all of the talk of wheat cannot discuss healthcare while government is shut down, you did not discuss it with government was open either route where have you been? andig where are you right now fr that matter? how'sho republicans are not even here. they have not been here for three weeks.

i cannot help but note the stark contrast between how little house republicans seem to care about opening up the government and preventing massive healthcare hikes in how much they cared about shoveling trillions in tax breaks it some of the richest people in the world earlier this year. where is that urgency now? when the tax breaks for billionaires were set to expire in december, that was the same time as the healthcare credits expire. republicans made that priority number one. you can bet they fast tracked for bigwigs and fatcats because heaven forbid billionaires like trumpav have to worry about filling up their private jets. but families worried about healthcare. republican leaders refused to talk about it. they voted down efforts to save theseax tax credit three times before the government funding was even in question.

they spent the last few weeks saying insistence on preventing premiums from doubling his coat on reasonable part on reasonable and now the best republicans can offer is a later we can may be possibly talk about potentially doing something someday. that's pretty cold comfort to families who are staring down thousands upon thousands in higher healthcare costs next year. premium hikes are not happening someday. they are for real they're getting finalized right now. if the republican leader would rather send us home on the week and then have a serious conversation of house republicans want to keep hiding as far as they can from the negotiating table, if you're going to not talk with us then i beg my colleagues at least talk to your constituents. see with this healthcare crisis looks for them because here is

the thing republicans seem especially keen to ignore, this is a problem or in action will overwhelmingly hurt their own constituents. news flash for my colleagues over three quarters of the families with healthcare coverage to daca marketplace are in red states. you know which of the five states will see the highest healthcare rate hikes next year? dr. west virginia, looking at a 387% rate hike for families who rely on aca tax credit. wyoming, 382%. alaska 346% rate hike. tennessee, 320% mississippi 314%. that is five oh redte states or premiums are going to more than quadruple for families that rely

on this tax credits but do you know what? let's keep going. these are states where the average premium will more than tripled for families relying on the tax credits. texas, 289% increase. south carolina 285%. alabama 284%, south dakota 235% in north dakota at 234%. so there you have it the 10 states facing the biggest healthcare increase if republicans refused to act. and i can still go on premiums are going to more than double for families relying on the tax credits in states like florida, north carolina, ohio, early every other red state. mr. present the bottom line is a lot of people if republicans refuse to save healthcare and are represented in republicans

at least they would be represented byll republicans thr house colleagues are nowhere to be found. they have been gone for three weeks. you need to get serious about opening up the government and address of the healthcare crisis before the premiums double for families across the country. you need to get serious now before the higher costs are locked in before families back home decide they cannot afford to stay covered. even if house republicans want to hide from the negotiating tableoi they are not going to be able to hide from this issue because if they stay home and refused to come back to that seat to hammer out a solution the people they represent back home are going to make their voices heard about this. they are going to say i hate my monthly premium is going up by over 1000 bucks monthly premium. what are you doing about it? they'reg going to say hey i'm

going toit lose my healthcare wt am i supposed to do? they're going to say hey if you care so much about opening the government like you say if you care about lowering costs why don't you get back and go to work? mr. present that message breaks through to all the republicans are just trying to ignore it, if i think it'sno very clear it's beginning to here is another message for them. democrats are still here. we are still at the table we are still ready to work together on a bipartisan deal to reopen the government and dresses healthcare crisis. >> mr. president? we are seven days a deep into a government shutdown. what a ridiculous waste of time. what a painful ridiculous waste of time for the nation. i cannot tell you how frustrating it is because i've been here long enough now to be able to see what t